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Title: Ol’ Bess Doin’ Work!
Post by: DocHolliday on March 31, 2019, 10:07:59 AM

TX Rio. All is well!

(https://i.postimg.cc/kMBsdCL0/CB64-CB4-A-40-C6-446-E-BFC1-84-FE731368-F1.jpg)[/url]

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Post by: Sir-diealot on March 31, 2019, 03:20:03 PM

Congratulations. Hope to get a Rio next year or the following. I asked the guy at the gun shop to look for a double barreled flint lock for me.

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Post by: coyote1 on April 01, 2019, 08:01:42 PM

Congratulations! It's awesome to see a bird taken with an old sidelock. I'm going to try my Cva gobbler 12 this season.

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Post by: crow on April 01, 2019, 10:03:44 PM

Nice looking gun to get the job done

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Post by: joey46 on April 02, 2019, 05:56:41 AM

Congrats! Saw this picture first on another forum. Hope you will add a little info on load used for this forum. Thanks.

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Post by: DocHolliday on April 02, 2019, 10:02:41 AM

I used:
85 gr ffg Swiss black
Overpowder card 0.070
Veg cushion wad
1-1/2 oz 5/6 NP lead duplex (1/2 each)
Wonder wad overshot
Overshot card (0.070)

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Post by: joey46 on April 02, 2019, 04:07:27 PM

Perfect - thanks.

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Post by: g8rvet on April 02, 2019, 05:03:29 PM

Very nice, picture and bird. Still have not seen one flopping as the smoke clears, but I am trying.

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Post by: MISSISSIPPI Double beard on April 05, 2019, 05:19:54 PM

Nice job, congrats!

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Post by: WorkingBirds on April 09, 2020, 06:04:06 PM

Quote from: crow on April 01, 2019, 10:03:44 PM
Nice looking gun to get the job done

:agreed:

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Post by: reflexl on April 10, 2020, 10:40:35 AM

Awesome job and picture!

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Post by: superx2 on April 11, 2020, 08:15:35 AM

congratulations on nice bird. what make shotgun is that?

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Post by: DocHolliday on April 11, 2020, 05:46:03 PM

That's a Pedersolli

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Post by: superx2 on April 12, 2020, 05:47:41 AM

Very nice thanks.

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